Organizers:

Kateřina Čapková (Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences)
Helena Sadílková (Faculty of Arts, Charles University)

The conference concentrates on the analysis of the reasoning behind the forced sterilization of Roma in the Czech Republic in the context of eugenics and the welfare state. We have extended invitations to scholars who have examined the forced sterilization of Roma in Communist Czechoslovakia in their research, as well as scholars specializing in sterilization practices in the Scandinavian context, where forced sterilization was utilized as an official instrument of the welfare state up to the 1970s. A significant component of the conference and the roundtable discussion will address the matter of compensation for the victims. To this end, we have extended invitations to members of advocacy groups and representatives of the victims to participate.